Bonus episode!
Premise:
Can a skilled home cook replicate a cookie recipe just from the name? Roger takes a crack at “S’Mores Blossoms” and we get to taste the results. Sorry it’s not video, but we’ve attached photo evidence of everything except James, who was evidently hiding in a corner with his milk stout.
Original recipe:
Roger’s recipe: Deconstructed Smores Blossom Cookies v2
Seth needed a break from reading, so for this episode, we watched the 2021 Netflix film Stowaway and compared it to “The Cold Equations.”
We also mentioned Cora Buhlert’s excellent response to the classic story, “The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign.” Highly recommended.
Notes & Links
Cora Buhlert:
http://corabuhlert.com/
“The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign”:
http://corabuhlert.com/2021/03/16/the-cold-crowdfunding-campaign-is-now-available-as-a-free-e-book/
Scott Manley’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzC4EngIsMrPmbm6Nxvb-A
This time the guys discuss Tom Godwin’s 1954 classic short story “The Cold Equations” and tackle three of its adaptations: the 1980s Twilight Zone episode, the 1996 Sci-Fi Channel movie, both sharing the story’s title, and the 2014 short film titled The Stowaway.
Rankings!
Colin
James
Seth
Notes & Links
Story: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cold-equations/
Movies:
Twilight Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-eVsAl6MRE
1996 movie: https://reelgood.com/movie/the-cold-equations-1996
2014 movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BL8GsHWtqc
Picking up a short title to keep Seth sane, and a cheery-ish one to keep Colin sane, the Pavement Pounders discuss Lev Grossman’s short story “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” and the 2021 Amazon film of the same name.
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Rankings!
Colin: movie/story
James: tied!
Seth: movie/story
Jonathan Watkins from Cinema Sins joins us for a discussion of the three remakes of Invasion of the Body Snatchers from 1978, 1993, and 2007.
Rankings!
Jonathan
James
Colin
Seth
Notes & Links
Jonathan’s Links:
https://twitter.com/samloomis13
https://cinemasins.com/
Roger Ebert’s Review of the 1993 film:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/body-snatchers-1994
In this episode, Seth did a bunch of homework (not enough as it turned out), to find out which of the trio was more likely to pick a particular medium first in his rankings.
Some assembly required, warranty void if opened, math not valid in Texas.
For our first post-100 episode, we dive into Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers, originally published in Collier’s Weekly and adapted four times. This episode covers the novel and the original 1956 adaptation Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Rankings!
Colin/James/Seth:
For episode #100, we discuss Red Alert, by Peter George, and Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, then talk about the adaptation of the former, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and the two adaptations of Fail-Safe, the 1964 film and the 2000 live teleplay.
Rankings!
Colin:
James
Seth
The guys discuss The Midnight Sky, the new film on Netflix, based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight.
Rankings!
Roger from The Kitchen Counter Podcast joins the guys for a discussion of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, including the original TV special, the Jim Carrey remake, the 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch movie, and the recent TV musical abomination.
Time Codes:
Grinch book: 13:08
Grinch TV Special: 19:34
Sandwich planning: 24:16
James’s “An Old Fashioned Christmas”: 35:36
Carrey: 38:16
Cumberbatch: 46:42
TV Not Special: 54:19
Rankings: 1:04:35
Roger’s Sandwich taste test: 1:11:39
Taste test at Seth’s house (with geese flying over): 1:14:00
Bloopers: 1:19:08
Rankings!:
Roger: TV special / book / 2018 movie / 2000 movie / TV musical
Colin: TV special / book / 2000 movie / TV musical / 2018 movie
James: TV special / book / 2018 movie / TV musical / 2000 movie
Seth: TV special / book / 2018 movie / 2000 movie / TV musical
Notes:
The Kitchen Counter: https://kitchencounterpodcast.com/
The Monster Demands a Sandwich: https://kitchencounterpodcast.com/the-monster-demands-a-sandwich/
Twitter Threads referenced:
https://twitter.com/hugospodcast/status/1336830346940174336
https://twitter.com/TKCpodcast/status/1336894202404225027
Sandwich images:
